The LASER summer school on Applied Software Engineering is devoted this year (10-17 September) to concurrency and real time. Speakers are Amir Pnueli, Jay Misra, Laura Dillon, Wolfgang Pree, Joseph Sifakis and Bertrand Meyer. Each will teach a set of 6 in-depth lectures, complemented by participant reports, guest lectures and a round table of all speakers at the end of each day. The school has both a strong practical slant and theoretical contents and is intended for engineers from industry as well as researchers and PhD students. The LASER school takes place in the idyllic setting of the island of Elba off the coast of Tuscany, in the best Elba hotel (Hermitage) with private beach etc. Ample time is left for recreational activities and interaction between the participants and lecturers. Deadline 20 June. For details and registration see http://se.inf.ethz.ch/laser